The City Stands Trial
The City Stands Trial | |
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Directed by | Luigi Zampa |
Written by | Suso Cecchi d'Amico Diego Fabbri Ettore Giannini Francesco Rosi Turi Vasile |
Starring | Amedeo Nazzari |
Cinematography | Enzo Serafin |
Edited by | Eraldo Da Roma |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
The City Stands Trial (Italian: Processo alla città) is a 1952 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Amedeo Nazzari, is based on a revisiting of the Cuocolo murders and the struggle for control of Naples by the Camorra in the early 1900s. It is considered to be Zampa's most accomplished film.[1] It was entered into the 3rd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Cast[]
- Amedeo Nazzari as Judge Spicacci
- Silvana Pampanini as Liliana Ferrari
- Paolo Stoppa as Perrone
- Dante Maggio as Armando Capezzuto
- Franco Interlenghi as Luigi Esposito
- Irène Galter as Nunziata
- Gualtiero Tumiati as Consigliere Capo
- Rino Genovese as Mimì
- Tina Pica as Restaurant's cook
- Turi Pandolfini as Don Filippetti
- Mariella Lotti as Elena
- Franca Tamantini
- Bella Starace Sainati
- Agostino Salvietti
References[]
- ^ Moliterno, The A to Z of Italian Cinema, p. 342
- ^ "1st Berlin International Film Festival: In Competition". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on 2 February 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
Notes[]
- Moliterno, Gino (2008). The A to Z of Italian Cinema, Plymouth: Scarecrow Press ISBN 978-0-8108-6896-0
External links[]
Categories:
- 1952 films
- Italian-language films
- Italian films
- 1950s Italian-language films
- 1952 drama films
- Films set in Naples
- Italian black-and-white films
- Films about the Camorra
- Films directed by Luigi Zampa
- Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
- Italian drama films
- 1950s Italian film stubs